Not too long ago, I was asked to participate in a public debate about the persistent flow of “white collar sexual predators” (many of them serial) whose stories are aired out these days, one per day. There are so many cases that you can expect yet another reality show to premiere soon; it will be called “Tales from the Creeps”. The person who invited me to the debate had heard me say that if chemical castration was an option for the incorrigible sexual predator nobody had ever heard of, I did not understand why it should not be applied to a famous creep like, say, Harvey Weinstein. She was so enthusiastic with my argument that I had to decline the invitation to participate in the debate: we lawyers sometimes feel compelled to take ourselves seriously…

Besides, even if I welcome and support the activism (and the civics) behind movements like #MeToo, I am afraid that with an individual who proclaims himself a proud serial sexual predator sitting in our Oval Office (a few episodes of the new reality show may be shot there), our “rule of law” on this matter will never be as harsh as it should be.

But this is not to say we Americans abhor castration; on the contrary. Depending on the circumstances and according to what we may occasionally see as our best interests, some of us are even willing to castrate ourselves. [Read more…]

José Manuel Palli is a Cuban born lawyer, originally trained as such in Argentina and a member of the Florida Bar since 1985. He is president of World Wide Title and is passionate about political & social issues in the Cuban & Argentinian landscape.